Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

The appeals court said the banner was protected speech because it did not disrupt school activity and was displayed off school grounds during a non-curricular activity.

I'm surprised the Ninth Circus didn't rule that the reference to bonghits was free speech, but not the part about Jesus.

1 posted on 03/11/2006 1:00:08 PM PST by wagglebee
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies ]


To: wagglebee

Good thing he didn't display the Confederate flag,


2 posted on 03/11/2006 1:06:18 PM PST by BnBlFlag (Deo Vindice/Semper Fidelis)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

Anything that degrades Christianity, as that banner did, is just fine with the enemies of Christ.


3 posted on 03/11/2006 1:07:18 PM PST by Search4Truth (Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God - Thomas Jefferson.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

I'd like to see the Ninth Circus' ruling on the following free speech banners in or around government schools:

"Abortion is infancide."

"Homosexuality is perversion."

"The Second Amendment protects our right to keep and bear arms."

"Support our troops"

"Overthrow the National Education Association"


4 posted on 03/11/2006 1:16:11 PM PST by SpyGuy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

Far out dude!!!


6 posted on 03/11/2006 1:17:17 PM PST by wireman
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

The court was right. It's none of the school's business what it's students do off school property on their own time.


7 posted on 03/11/2006 1:17:21 PM PST by zbigreddogz
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee
which refers to smoking marijuana

Glad they cleared that up for me. /sarc
11 posted on 03/11/2006 1:22:53 PM PST by HEY4QDEMS (No animals were harmed during the creation of this post.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

Suggesting kids should smoke illegal things seems to be a violation of the student's right to a crime free school zone.


23 posted on 03/11/2006 1:42:27 PM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: albertp; Allosaurs_r_us; Abram; AlexandriaDuke; Americanwolf; Annie03; Baby Bear; bassmaner; ...
Libertarian ping.To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here
24 posted on 03/11/2006 1:45:09 PM PST by freepatriot32 (Holding you head high & voting Libertarian is better then holding your nose and voting republican)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

Freedom of speech is just that. I agree with the judge.

The rule doesn't say "freedom FROM speech". The high school principal was way out of line.


26 posted on 03/11/2006 1:49:23 PM PST by Supernatural (Lay me doon in the caul caul groon, whaur afore monie mair huv gaun)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

I once knew a guy who had a shirt that said "bong hits...they're not just for breakfast anymore". Very cute.

I hear that George Washington rolled a mean joint.


28 posted on 03/11/2006 1:51:30 PM PST by The Fop (Marxism was built for the West but the West rejected it, and hell hath no fury like a woman scorned)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

I found Christ while stoned one afternoon. His image was on my pack of Zig Zags


33 posted on 03/11/2006 1:57:54 PM PST by bannedfromdu
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee
WWJD?


35 posted on 03/11/2006 2:16:23 PM PST by EveningStar
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

I'm surprised they didn't too.

But if he was off of school grounds and not part of an extracurricular event, I think I have to agree with the court.

The pothead was within his rights.

Now if he gets caught taking bong hits, or possession of bong, then that's an entirely different matter.


38 posted on 03/11/2006 2:30:47 PM PST by DannyTN
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee
Principal Deborah Morse seized the banner and suspended the 18-year-old for 10 days

The fact that it was a woman doesn't surprise me. As a mother of two boys, I've had more trouble with female principals.

45 posted on 03/11/2006 2:58:49 PM PST by FOG724 (Arnold is not a Republican)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

Jung Keun Bong pinch hits for Jesus Alou in the World Baseball Classic?


50 posted on 03/11/2006 3:07:00 PM PST by RGSpincich
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee
The appeals court said the banner was protected speech because it did not disrupt school activity and was displayed off school grounds during a non-curricular activity.

That's the key.

52 posted on 03/11/2006 3:10:46 PM PST by Moonman62 (Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

Didn't alaska recently approve medicinal bongs ?


61 posted on 03/11/2006 4:25:01 PM PST by festus (The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee
The appeals court said the banner was protected speech because it did not disrupt school activity and was displayed off school grounds during a non-curricular activity.

I confess I'm snickering as I write this, but this is another crazy ruling in an increasing long line of irrational decisions by our courts. Unfurling a banner that reads "Bong Hits for Jesus" across the street from a school is free speech?!

"Public schools are instrumentalities of government, and government is not entitled to suppress speech that undermines whatever missions it defines for itself."

Maybe another reason to rethink the whole government education thing.

69 posted on 03/11/2006 7:12:52 PM PST by Zack Nguyen
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

If it had said Bush for President it would have been banned.


84 posted on 03/12/2006 9:25:27 AM PST by Almondjoy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: wagglebee

Apparently, the only way a student can get away with mentioning Jesus is if he or she is promoting drug use. Here's guessing the decision would have been different if the sign said, "Worship Jesus."


87 posted on 03/12/2006 9:37:45 AM PST by Ol' Sparky
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson